Karl Fredrik Wilkama

Karl Fredrik Wilkama (27 March 1876-15 July 1947) was a general of Finland during the Finnish Civil War.

Biography
Karl Fredrik Wilkama was born in Helsinki, Finland, Russian Empire in 1876, and he became an officer in the Imperial Russian Army in 1899. He rose in the ranks through the Russian military before becoming a general in the Finnish Army at the time of the Finnish Civil War in 1918, rising to command the Eastern Army. He was responsible for the killing of up to 420 Russians in Vyborg in April-May 1918, and he rose to become commander-in-chief of the Finnish Army in May 1918 when Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim was granted leave from his position. In 1922, he was promoted to Lieutenant-General, and he retired in 1926. He served on special positions in the Finnish Headquarters during the Winter War and the Continuation War, and he died in Helsinki in 1947.